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, not the united states. >> it is not us versus them. you do not have to fight. it is not one or two. it is a global community. there are reasonable region regional powers. do not discount russia. there are a lot of resources in all of these countries, especially africa, so what needs to happen is a global understanding. i believe the united states can work as a partner. who cares if we are number one any more? if you are not number one, you are not. mean?does number one reaso tavis: how much of this is fundamentally about american imperialism? or the notion of? >> it is the mindset. i think it has the most to do with it. woodrow wilson was saying stuff about we are the savior of the world, so there has always been this puritanism in our thinking, this concept that america is exceptional in its own way. we are human beings. if anything, it is a global world, and we can interact. we must get over this complex of superiority. >> you are right. a big part of the story is american imperialism, and the flip side is building up national securi
, not the united states. >> it is not us versus them. you do not have to fight. it is not one or two. it is a global community. there are reasonable region regional powers. do not discount russia. there are a lot of resources in all of these countries, especially africa, so what needs to happen is a global understanding. i believe the united states can work as a partner. who cares if we are number one any more? if you are not number one, you are not. mean?does number one reaso tavis: how...
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>> the president did more oil and gas rigs in the united states and the rest of the world combined. we are exporting. >> romney says that "if i am elected president, i will have the pipeline from canada to hear if i have to dig himself." > -- dig it" himself. >> i want mitt to dig it himself. >> predict that no matter who is president, the pipeline will be bill -- built. >> yes. >> energy news is mostly good -- >> gas prices have gone down. >> miraculously, given all of our doom saying on this, our dependence on oil is lower today. the scary part of our fracking, the environmental damage -- nobody knows what the impact will be to our water supplies. there is a big asterisk on all this good news, saying let's wait and see what happens. >> he thinks the present has a better idea -- president has a better idea. >> have increased our production of oil, on state and private lands. -- state and federal lands. on private lands, there is a decrease because of over- regulation. we are running into one of the great finances and in terms of energy, the discoveries in the western hemisphere is
>> the president did more oil and gas rigs in the united states and the rest of the world combined. we are exporting. >> romney says that "if i am elected president, i will have the pipeline from canada to hear if i have to dig himself." > -- dig it" himself. >> i want mitt to dig it himself. >> predict that no matter who is president, the pipeline will be bill -- built. >> yes. >> energy news is mostly good -- >> gas prices have gone...
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. >> rose: the united states did not participate. >> the united states is participating in a different way. secretary geithner indicated that with the lines that the two central bank, the european central banks and the fed on the other hand have between themselves, the u.s. is actually engaged in helping out the europeans. >> rose: europe provided more than half the funds? >> the whole of europe, yes, you're right. the eurozone came for 200 billion dollars, and then you have countries like all the nordic countries, sweden, very well represented here, denmark, norway, the czech republic, poland, the u.k., they, i'm sure i'm forgetting some of them. >> rose: japan was important. >> japan was key because you know it's always the same. it's like a dinner. you say to somebody, why don't you come because so-and-so is coming. you're not to sure if they are coming but you turn to so-and-so and you say you knows what, charlie is coming for dinner and they will come. japan was exactly that japan did it first. >> rose: all right. let's go, pull back and look at where we are. the forecast that has
. >> rose: the united states did not participate. >> the united states is participating in a different way. secretary geithner indicated that with the lines that the two central bank, the european central banks and the fed on the other hand have between themselves, the u.s. is actually engaged in helping out the europeans. >> rose: europe provided more than half the funds? >> the whole of europe, yes, you're right. the eurozone came for 200 billion dollars, and then you...
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agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i don't know what the arab spring will lead to. what's interesting is in the best of all words let's say egypt really is a democracy we're going to have this very mixed picture. there are ways in which it's going to be set backs for the united states strategically. popularly governed egypt is not going to be as close an ally and is war on terror, on other issues as, you know, as the stalwart are lubaric was. my view nevertheless because our transcending interest is in a certain kind of world order we benefit nevertheless even if we pay a price in some short term interest. one example like that i think of is the philippines i
agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i...
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states is going to have to deal with this. to what extent do we make foreign assistance conditional? if so, on what kinds of behavior is? this is not limited to libya of. this is going to be the case in cairo with egypt's going forward. this is going to be an extremely difficult diplomatic process. there are going to be moments of instability, and this is not going to be short lived. i think we are talking about years and decades of uneasy relationships with regimes that are unable or unwilling to be a partner with the united states. >> you have often said this is going to take time, but we have seen what protests in tunis, protests in libya, protests in egypt, you think the washington establishment has come up with a convincing way of dealing with the arab world in light of the arab spring? >> the short answer is no. part of the middle east is i believe there is a reduction of influence for all outsiders. there is also reduction of influence for authority. it is not clear what governments can control, so i think it is going t
states is going to have to deal with this. to what extent do we make foreign assistance conditional? if so, on what kinds of behavior is? this is not limited to libya of. this is going to be the case in cairo with egypt's going forward. this is going to be an extremely difficult diplomatic process. there are going to be moments of instability, and this is not going to be short lived. i think we are talking about years and decades of uneasy relationships with regimes that are unable or unwilling...
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indy's shared values with the united states, democracy and human rights. they have an economy that can help the middle class and rebuild itself. quite frankly, to help people come out of poverty in india. and strategically, the indian ocean becomes more and more of a critical asset. >> what about the tightening of security? does india actually have the military and economic cloud to help the west? bit checkered lee witt 2014? >> well, let me segregate that into a couple of different questions. first of all, india is one of the few countries in the world increase in their defense budget. they will probably do that for the next three to five years. they want u.s. technology and a closer relationship with us. the united states sees india as a very, very strong, indispensable partner, as president obama has said, to promote democracy in the region. we are doing more and more in afghanistan. more jobs for afghan people. we have a similar, strategic set of interests with the outcome in afghanistan, so we want to work more with them, not only in afghanistan but i
indy's shared values with the united states, democracy and human rights. they have an economy that can help the middle class and rebuild itself. quite frankly, to help people come out of poverty in india. and strategically, the indian ocean becomes more and more of a critical asset. >> what about the tightening of security? does india actually have the military and economic cloud to help the west? bit checkered lee witt 2014? >> well, let me segregate that into a couple of different...
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there was, however, no mention of a united nations ceasefire. be the united states says mr. assad must go. for that, secretary of state hillary clinton leads russia's agreements. coordinating with the russians would be difficult. despite what the russian foreign minister says, so far, moscow is continuing to give president assad material support. if so, that is bad news for the united nations peace plan and its offer, kofi annan. he is meeting the permanent members of the security council in geneva tomorrow. it is starting to look like a last-a ditch effort to save the plan. there is no plan b, an alternative to the united nations process. in truth, the violence in syria has steadily escalated throughout the series of international initiatives, and president assad himself has made clear he is prepared for a fight to the finish and is expecting a long war. >> we have seen a lot of drop in cairo over the past year, and today, we saw something quite different yet again. for the first time ever, and egyptian president went before his people and effectively set -- i am one of you
there was, however, no mention of a united nations ceasefire. be the united states says mr. assad must go. for that, secretary of state hillary clinton leads russia's agreements. coordinating with the russians would be difficult. despite what the russian foreign minister says, so far, moscow is continuing to give president assad material support. if so, that is bad news for the united nations peace plan and its offer, kofi annan. he is meeting the permanent members of the security council in...
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and so, you know, it is definitely worrisome for the united states economy that europe is going through these problems and seems so unable to get their arms around it. >> rose: we continue this evening with mark shriver, his book "a good man: rediscovering my father." >> we knew he was going to die so we opened it it a couple weeks early and it brought into context who the man was. i heard from a couple of people-- because i knew he was going to die-- who kept saying to me, "he was a good man." and i thought about all the great achievements -- the peace corps, head start, legal services, job corps, special olympics -- and i thought what was really necessary was not just to talk about his achievements as a great man but to what was important the esespecially of who he was, a good man, married to 56 years to the woman of his dreams, who raised five kids, all of whom loved him, went to mass on a case basis. >basis. >> we met 25 years ago. i had graduated school, i had started a psychotherapy practice. >> and just wasn't happy with the way my education prepared me to help people. the typica
and so, you know, it is definitely worrisome for the united states economy that europe is going through these problems and seems so unable to get their arms around it. >> rose: we continue this evening with mark shriver, his book "a good man: rediscovering my father." >> we knew he was going to die so we opened it it a couple weeks early and it brought into context who the man was. i heard from a couple of people-- because i knew he was going to die-- who kept saying to...
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we also saw this week, the united states sort of announced at it is redirecting its focus. both in terms of its military focus as well as bringing some austerity to the pentagon, does the world welcome that? do they believe at long last the united states should be preoccupied with asia and with change in asia? >> well, publicly in the middle east, of course, they will say they welcome it, privately a lot of pokes don't. in asia, the america's asian allies have en begging for it, and singapore and japan, of course, and vietnam and indonesia, they have all been saying, look, we wantsome commitnt. >> rose: we e worried about the china being our partner. >> i tell you, shin with a, the chines state media came out a few hours agand said the united states, that this new peagon speech, america was going to be a wl in,ull in a china shop, i can't imagine they meant that intentionally, asia ashe china sp but nonetheless the chinese clearly are feeling very, very insecure and defensive about the fact that the americans are now focusing laser like on asia as the key area for security.
we also saw this week, the united states sort of announced at it is redirecting its focus. both in terms of its military focus as well as bringing some austerity to the pentagon, does the world welcome that? do they believe at long last the united states should be preoccupied with asia and with change in asia? >> well, publicly in the middle east, of course, they will say they welcome it, privately a lot of pokes don't. in asia, the america's asian allies have en begging for it, and...
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united states expressed fears of a potential massacre. in london, they even held open the possibility of intervention. >> if despite our best efforts, the plan does not succeed, we would have to consider other options for resolving the crisis. all options should be on the table. >> repeated his fear the violence in syria was becoming reminiscence of the sectarian conflict that pitted villages against each other in the balkans in the 1990's. hard to keep track of, but so brittle the outside world felt compelled to intervene. >> since the massacre last month, fighting has continued at every major town of syria apart from damascus. that changed this weekend when protests became gunfights in many parts of the capital. syrian state to be claimed attacks in damascus by rebel forces that included a huge car bomb showed to u.n. observers, rocket-propelled grenades. the syrian opposition may now be using heavier weaponry. >> the violence continues. the international community is still divided. in russia, tensions are mounting. the head of an anti-
united states expressed fears of a potential massacre. in london, they even held open the possibility of intervention. >> if despite our best efforts, the plan does not succeed, we would have to consider other options for resolving the crisis. all options should be on the table. >> repeated his fear the violence in syria was becoming reminiscence of the sectarian conflict that pitted villages against each other in the balkans in the 1990's. hard to keep track of, but so brittle the...
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in europe, asia, the united states, small caps, everything. so we actually gave a cell signal this week on thursday morning, saying look, the up side is maybe 10% in our best scenario, the down side is 50 to 70% down, we see another crash, again with our book title that's obvious. because we have this major demographic slide, the baby boomers are aging around the world, you're going to save more, spend less. >> tom: we're seeing this in the work are participation rates in the labor field where there's fewer people available as we get older. >> some peep think it because jobs are bad. when people's kids get out of college, the second worker tends to say i'm going to work part-time or not at all so, some of this is voluntary, but people spend less from age 50 on and that's going to hit more and more in the coming years so, there's no way to stimulate our way out of it. >> tom: now works that in mind you said you had a cell signal this week. one of the recommendations have you is to go short the s&p 500, this etfsh would profit one to one as the
in europe, asia, the united states, small caps, everything. so we actually gave a cell signal this week on thursday morning, saying look, the up side is maybe 10% in our best scenario, the down side is 50 to 70% down, we see another crash, again with our book title that's obvious. because we have this major demographic slide, the baby boomers are aging around the world, you're going to save more, spend less. >> tom: we're seeing this in the work are participation rates in the labor field...
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. >> ave united states women's soccer team seems almost invincible. >> constant update and a different take. >> this is such a big city and you are able to feel the olympic abide in such a big city which is already vibrant is something extraordinary. >> just seeing how excited the people in great britain have been when their countrymen when gold has been incredible. >> as many of the problems seem to have faded, more and more reporters are focusing on the britishness of the game. >> i love your humor. i love the way you say things. >> how was the ceremony received? >> ipod was phreaking bazaar. i thought the whole thing was weird -- i thought it was freaking bizarre. >> so far, the world has seemed to enjoy this very british olympics. >> today, the world learned it has lost to amazing figures in the fields of art and science. american composer marvin hamlisch and astronomer bernard lovell. first, to the pioneering physicist who left an enduring mark on the way we see into space. the lovell telescope was created in 1957 and is still in use today. the bbc science editor has more on a las
. >> ave united states women's soccer team seems almost invincible. >> constant update and a different take. >> this is such a big city and you are able to feel the olympic abide in such a big city which is already vibrant is something extraordinary. >> just seeing how excited the people in great britain have been when their countrymen when gold has been incredible. >> as many of the problems seem to have faded, more and more reporters are focusing on the...
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>> the first challenge is whether the united states can get to 2014. the u.s.-afghanistan relationship is in the balance. there is mistrust building on both sides. you see that in the presidential campaign. newt gingrich is asking where the apology is from the afghans for killing american soldiers and wounding others. this is likely to create tension and skepticism in the relationship. >> does it change the relationship in terms of leaving behind a country that works in america's favor as opposed to working against america's interest? does it make it harder for america to find a political solution? >> i see a dangerous parallel to iraq. iraq was about building a long- term partnership. there was the desire by the united states for a presence in iraq for an indefinite period of time. because of the perceptions of impunity and other issues, that made it possible. the real danger is there a is a need for residual forces to remain in afghanistan and shift from a counterinsurgency strategy to counter-terrorism strategy to put pressure on extremists. the danger is if
>> the first challenge is whether the united states can get to 2014. the u.s.-afghanistan relationship is in the balance. there is mistrust building on both sides. you see that in the presidential campaign. newt gingrich is asking where the apology is from the afghans for killing american soldiers and wounding others. this is likely to create tension and skepticism in the relationship. >> does it change the relationship in terms of leaving behind a country that works in america's...
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columnist for the financial times, he recently traveled around the united states and observed a country in exhibit and political crisis, he writes about his experiences in a new book, it is called i'm to start thinking, america in the age of descent. >> i am pleased to have him here at this table for the first time, welcome. >> thank you for having me charlie. >> rose: we will talk about this book be but in a sense if you look at where america is and whether it is in decline or the descent or ascent or whether it is the question comes up competition with china. >> uh-huh. >> rose: we are looking today at a crisis in china. >> give me your take on this. >> well, i mean, my take is not going to be particularly sophisticated but the first thing that struck me about this is the confusion, i mean cheerily there isn't unity there in china, we had this ongoing massive scandal with the dissident, the blind human rights victim of the chinese regime, and a all of these unconfirmed rumors, in fact, that, you know, he was reported to have wanted to come back into china as it were and as to this hos
columnist for the financial times, he recently traveled around the united states and observed a country in exhibit and political crisis, he writes about his experiences in a new book, it is called i'm to start thinking, america in the age of descent. >> i am pleased to have him here at this table for the first time, welcome. >> thank you for having me charlie. >> rose: we will talk about this book be but in a sense if you look at where america is and whether it is in decline...
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he holds an american passport, and his fate will affect the way iran and the united states deal with one another. the two countries have only just gotten past this, the detention of a group of u.s. hikers in iran. iran accused the group of spying, but it did not sentence them to death. they were released after more than two years in detention. this is the subject at the heart of the two countries can -- -- division. the state has just announced that it is beginning uranium enrichment underground. iran says that its ambitions are peaceful, but the west fears otherwise. >> the rising price of fuel is an issue that affects people all over the world, and nowhere is this being played out more dramatically than in nigeria. protests over fuel hikes have seen at least one person shot dead by police and many more injured. we have this report. >> eerily empty streets in a normally congested neighborhood. thousands of nigerians have gone on strike, protesting the removal of a fuel subsidy. it has led to a more than doubling of the price of petrol. some wanted to work fell too afraid to. >> i wi
he holds an american passport, and his fate will affect the way iran and the united states deal with one another. the two countries have only just gotten past this, the detention of a group of u.s. hikers in iran. iran accused the group of spying, but it did not sentence them to death. they were released after more than two years in detention. this is the subject at the heart of the two countries can -- -- division. the state has just announced that it is beginning uranium enrichment...
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demographics favor the united states? >> yes, they do, very definitely, relative to the rest of the developed world. >> rose: explain me that case. clearly, with contrast to japan. >> yeah. >> rose: and, clearly, with contrast to russia. and europe. >> also to large parts of westn europe as well. >> rose: so those big three, western europe, russia-- although russia is a bric country, too. >> yeah. so the u.s. is in a very good position. this is where the product servicing thinis so important because over the long term having more people means your potential labor force is bigger. that's how you get more growth. people get jobs. they get income. they spend, creates jobs for others, they're all productive and that's how life goes forward. in some ways it's relatively straightforward stuff. >> rose: that works -- it seems to me-- president clinton makes th argument all the time the american demographic picture will in fact help it in terms of its-- not losing its competitive edge. >> definitely. i think it's a huge advantage
demographics favor the united states? >> yes, they do, very definitely, relative to the rest of the developed world. >> rose: explain me that case. clearly, with contrast to japan. >> yeah. >> rose: and, clearly, with contrast to russia. and europe. >> also to large parts of westn europe as well. >> rose: so those big three, western europe, russia-- although russia is a bric country, too. >> yeah. so the u.s. is in a very good position. this is where...
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and something that also has real implications for the united states. aerospace our main export sector. boeing is our leading exporter year in and year out. it's my way of telling the "is china going to make it" story. >> rose: tell me what the airline industry in china says about china? >> there are different parts of this. there is the ambition to build aviation aircraft. in the last 30 years, as you well know, china has accomplished one kind of miracle. it's taken hundreds of millions of people from being peasants and making $100 a year to being factory workers and having this kind of 19th century, densian or upton sinclair factory life in china. more people than there are in the u.s., a couple of hundred million people. there are still a lot of poor people but a lot have been improved. there is a lot of concern in china whether they're hitting a wall or plateau, whether if they do more of this current model, just building things and having outsource factories, whether they're ever going to get richer than they are now or just bigger. the current 12t
and something that also has real implications for the united states. aerospace our main export sector. boeing is our leading exporter year in and year out. it's my way of telling the "is china going to make it" story. >> rose: tell me what the airline industry in china says about china? >> there are different parts of this. there is the ambition to build aviation aircraft. in the last 30 years, as you well know, china has accomplished one kind of miracle. it's taken...
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take the united states. why did the 13 colonies develop as they do? one of the reasons was it was jam packed with natural well-protected harbors in the northeast. and the tempered zone of what is now the united states, it was last resource-rich part of the temperate zone that was settled by europeans at the time of the enlightenment and it had more miles of inland waterways than the rest of the world combined. so that enabled the development of american nationhood. these facts are so obvious that they get overlooked in the current debate. >> rose: i want to take different countries and look at it to understand your thesis, both in terms of their history and future and elements of their geography that make them who they are take china today. >> okay. all right. take china. china has two big geographical issues. on the one hand, china is big, it's vast. because it's stretching out in terms of the its corporate enterprises, its demography into the russian far east where there's always this timber, diamonds and gold that the chinese want. a hundred millio
take the united states. why did the 13 colonies develop as they do? one of the reasons was it was jam packed with natural well-protected harbors in the northeast. and the tempered zone of what is now the united states, it was last resource-rich part of the temperate zone that was settled by europeans at the time of the enlightenment and it had more miles of inland waterways than the rest of the world combined. so that enabled the development of american nationhood. these facts are so obvious...
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with the right medicine in this country to cure the economic circumstances, the united states economy could become one of the most dynamic investment areas. >> suzanne: the other issue that came up in the election is taxes. if they go up, what does that mean for your costumers in your business? >> an increase in taxes in the new administration is a bad idea for the american economy in every respect, and certainly for my costumers. the country is very weak. the economy is very weak. the consumers' household budgets are very weak. this is not a time for an increase. >> suzanne: how would you describe your confidence level right now? >> my confidence level is somewhat better than it had been recently. i have to believe that the leadership of the country, with the elections now resolved, will come together and address the critical issues that face the country. these are solvable problems, and pragmatic problems. there is a solution. if they can do that, we will be in a much better place. >> suzanne: as you know, the relationship between president obama and the business community has been
with the right medicine in this country to cure the economic circumstances, the united states economy could become one of the most dynamic investment areas. >> suzanne: the other issue that came up in the election is taxes. if they go up, what does that mean for your costumers in your business? >> an increase in taxes in the new administration is a bad idea for the american economy in every respect, and certainly for my costumers. the country is very weak. the economy is very weak....
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. >> susie: no longer "tea for two" between coca cola and nestea, at least in the united states. the two companies said today they are winding down their ready-to-drink tea business by the end of 2012, terminating a ten-year partnership. but they will continue to work together in the european and canadian markets. beverage digest reports that u.s. sales of coke's nestea are well below rival pepsi, which sells lipton brand tea. >> tom: another international firm is taking a big stake in american shale energy. japan's marubeni corporation is the buyer, paying $1.3 billion for a stake in a texas-based shale oil project from hunt oil. the deal makes marubeni japan's biggest holder of shale oil reserves. we saw two separate u.s. shale purchases earlier this week from french and chinese firms. both of those deals carried price tags north of $2 billion. >> tom: we saw the lowest unemployment rate in more than two years and the most jobs created in two years and still it's a slushy economy back. tonight with us interest the nasdaq. you must being in the season, hasn't snowed yet and that
. >> susie: no longer "tea for two" between coca cola and nestea, at least in the united states. the two companies said today they are winding down their ready-to-drink tea business by the end of 2012, terminating a ten-year partnership. but they will continue to work together in the european and canadian markets. beverage digest reports that u.s. sales of coke's nestea are well below rival pepsi, which sells lipton brand tea. >> tom: another international firm is taking a...
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starting to focus more on fundamentals here in the united states, so much in every headline coming out of europe. >> should we be more concerned about what is going on in china, especially with the news that came out today, thatt the economy is slowing down, and just keeps coming down, down, now the economy is growing gdp at 7.4%. and it just keeps coming down every single quarter. is that a bigger concern for the u.s. economy and u.s. investor? >> look, chinese economy, no doubt matter to the global economy. 30% of global economic growth comes from china. so a china slowdown matters from the u.s. perspective is different, what i mean by that is yes, gdp growth for the last quarter was at 7.4%. having said that, we think china has started to turn the corner when it comes to seeing some growth. but it's to the going to be the same speed that it turned the corner for the last recovery. most likely china is going to continue to grow around 7 to 8%, not at 10% it used to grow. from the u.s. perspective what we care about is what is going to be the engine of growth going forward which in ou
starting to focus more on fundamentals here in the united states, so much in every headline coming out of europe. >> should we be more concerned about what is going on in china, especially with the news that came out today, thatt the economy is slowing down, and just keeps coming down, down, now the economy is growing gdp at 7.4%. and it just keeps coming down every single quarter. is that a bigger concern for the u.s. economy and u.s. investor? >> look, chinese economy, no doubt...
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. >> i see gasoline prices in the united states headed for $5 a gallon sometime this year. the underlying reasons are the following: number one-- geopolitical tension in the middle east is not going away. number two-- china is increasing its demand for oil by millions of barrel over the next several years. that demand is not going away. >> reporter: others believe prices are headed higher this year, too. although maybe just north of a national average of $4 a gallon. they expect america's appetite for oil to pick up as more people go back to work. in addition, the u.s. market will soon lose several unprofitable refineries. >> on the supply side for gasoline, we are shutting down, quite a number of refineries on the east coast, and that's going to make it difficult to manufacture enough gasoline this summer. >> reporter: so, what would it take to send prices here at the pump sharply lower this year? you probably guessed it: another u.s. recession, one that would take a big bite out of demand. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> i'm diane eastabrook in chic
. >> i see gasoline prices in the united states headed for $5 a gallon sometime this year. the underlying reasons are the following: number one-- geopolitical tension in the middle east is not going away. number two-- china is increasing its demand for oil by millions of barrel over the next several years. that demand is not going away. >> reporter: others believe prices are headed higher this year, too. although maybe just north of a national average of $4 a gallon. they expect...
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it has continued to see its market share erode down to 10% in the united states now compared to google and apple which have been growing their share. >> well, there is positives in the results and it was nice to see the total subscriber base grow to that 80 million it is important to remember that the company still saw revenue decline by 31% on a year-over-year basis. the number of units that were shipped, that 7.4 million for the entire quarter that compared to the 5 million apple sold and on its first weekend of sales are for thix phone 5. so this is a company that has-losing share, people view the platform as being behind the curve technologically and they still have a lot of ground to cover to catch up. >> does it have any price pog we are when it comes to its new device the blackberry -- in other words, it may not make it up on volume but can it continue to see margins and perhaps even increase margins within the company posted a loss this quarter and the expectations are they are going to post a loss in the next your as well. so they are not driving a profit with their current co
it has continued to see its market share erode down to 10% in the united states now compared to google and apple which have been growing their share. >> well, there is positives in the results and it was nice to see the total subscriber base grow to that 80 million it is important to remember that the company still saw revenue decline by 31% on a year-over-year basis. the number of units that were shipped, that 7.4 million for the entire quarter that compared to the 5 million apple sold...
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arguments against it from the united states. again, israel feels this israeli government but i think every israeli government feels that in the end it alone has to make decisions about how it's going to be secured. can't depend on anybody else i think that is part of what the pressure of israel against its key ally but this sense that in the end we have-- israelis have to be masters of their own fate. >> suarez: before we close i would like to hear from both of you about the cost benefit analysis being made on both sides. if you only slow down and don't stop the iranian program, but unleash military strikes, could the possibility for iranian retaliation, for destabilization in the region son severe thats blowback is worse than what you accomplish with the attack. >> look, i think that is where there are division inside israel because there are concerns about regional consequences. i don't think they believe there is going it to be a full blown middle east war as a result of this. the worst they see it would be that they have to
arguments against it from the united states. again, israel feels this israeli government but i think every israeli government feels that in the end it alone has to make decisions about how it's going to be secured. can't depend on anybody else i think that is part of what the pressure of israel against its key ally but this sense that in the end we have-- israelis have to be masters of their own fate. >> suarez: before we close i would like to hear from both of you about the cost benefit...
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just how bad is the debt problem in the united states? >> well, the two things weighing on businesses and why they're not investing as much as they should and why they're not hiring as much as they should are europe and the fiscal cliff. they don't know what direction the u.s. economy is going. there is potentially a huge contraction in the u.s. with, as you said, the bush era tax cuts expiring, payroll tax cuts expiring and some other changes that would put us into recession. i don't think that's going to happen but what has everybody nervous is what are they going to do? are we going to have tax hikes? are we going to have government spending cuts? there seems to be no direction, no agreement in washington on what direction to go and there's this huge cloud of uncertainty here compounding what we're seeing in europe. >> warner: just staying with you ken rogoff, what does that mean for the u.s. considering, as you're pointing out, the economic recovery still is very weak. what are the real options for policymakers? >> well, we could drea
just how bad is the debt problem in the united states? >> well, the two things weighing on businesses and why they're not investing as much as they should and why they're not hiring as much as they should are europe and the fiscal cliff. they don't know what direction the u.s. economy is going. there is potentially a huge contraction in the u.s. with, as you said, the bush era tax cuts expiring, payroll tax cuts expiring and some other changes that would put us into recession. i don't...
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the united states is so much more powerfully militarily than the other countries. britain under prime minister cameron and france under president sarkozy showed tremendous leadership in libya. they led us to that victory, so i think britain and france deserve some credit for that. >> that was former u.s. ambassador to nato on the challenges ahead for the alliance. you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- you have heard about china's economic boom but its population is aging faster than any other nation and that could put the brakes on. in just a few days, the dominican republic will elect a new president. as we found, there are some young politicians already making a real difference when it comes to getting results. >> there are plenty of smiles now, but conditions at this school in this dominican town are primitive. the children falling ill, even dying. it is water that is the problem, either it is contaminated by sewage or just is not there at all. courtesy of a 15-year-old politician, a new water tank has arrived. i talked to my fellow counsel
the united states is so much more powerfully militarily than the other countries. britain under prime minister cameron and france under president sarkozy showed tremendous leadership in libya. they led us to that victory, so i think britain and france deserve some credit for that. >> that was former u.s. ambassador to nato on the challenges ahead for the alliance. you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- you have heard about china's economic boom but its...
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>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's statement. president obama is running against governor romney. governor romney is not running against the american embassy in cairo. the statements made by the president and secretary of state in no way, shape, or form apologized-- that was the charge-- for the united states or sympathized with the terrorists. and it's important to get the chronology right. the statement made by the embassy in i can roy was issued before the demonstrations. they have a big demonstrations coming. they evacuatedly the embassy. they're worried about physical violence. they simply were trying to say, "we don't agree with this film i
>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's...
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. >> iran routinely accuses the united states of espionage and it has produced this to make its point. iran says that he was sent to iran by the cia in order to spread misinformation among iran's intelligence agencies. it broadcast what it calls his confession. his family said that he went to iran simply to visit his relatives. the u.s. government says that he has been falsely accused and it condemns his death sentence. >> if it is true that he has been so sentenced, we would condemn this verdict in the strongest terms, and we are working with all of our partners to convey that condemnation to the iran in government. we have maintained from the beginning that the charges against him were a fabrication, and we call on the run in government to release him immediately. >> in the last year, iran has executed hundreds of people. most have been killed for drug- related crimes, and most are entirely unknown. but this case is different. we know his name. he holds an american passport, and his fate will affect the way iran and the united states deal with one another. the two countries have onl
. >> iran routinely accuses the united states of espionage and it has produced this to make its point. iran says that he was sent to iran by the cia in order to spread misinformation among iran's intelligence agencies. it broadcast what it calls his confession. his family said that he went to iran simply to visit his relatives. the u.s. government says that he has been falsely accused and it condemns his death sentence. >> if it is true that he has been so sentenced, we would...
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last year the united states, pursuant to cyber command, the united states lost over 300 billion dollars of trade secrets. that's $300 billion of trade secrets as a result of cyber attacks. >> brown: but excuse me, but is there... is it the lack of evidence? i mean the lack of them being clear with you or is there evidence that they might do something? >> we also have evidence. we have evidence that the chinese government have been doing it. as far as huiwei is concerned we have gotten a lot of data and information about huiwei but most of our concern is the relationship between their government. >> brown: you heard that the company pushed back pretty hard after this report came out. they accuse... they said little more than an exercise in china-bashing. >> the first thing, we're not masquerading at all national security to do any chinese bashing. that's not what we do as americans. in my message basically and my message to the chairman of huiwei was if you want to do business in the united states the first thing you do is disclose that we need including your financial information. we wa
last year the united states, pursuant to cyber command, the united states lost over 300 billion dollars of trade secrets. that's $300 billion of trade secrets as a result of cyber attacks. >> brown: but excuse me, but is there... is it the lack of evidence? i mean the lack of them being clear with you or is there evidence that they might do something? >> we also have evidence. we have evidence that the chinese government have been doing it. as far as huiwei is concerned we have...
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now hollande is an unknown quantity for the united states. obama actually weighed into the french campaign on the side of sarkozy, as did angela merkel of germany, as did david cameron of britain. now the timing now suggests that the nato summit may 20th, 21st in chicago will be a key moment for these two presidents to try to come together and find some common ground. president obama gave what i thought was a very effective speech from cab you will, afghanistan, last week in which he laid out this country's concern, fatigue with that war, and the fact that we will remain engaged but at much less cost. this gives francois-- sorry, francois hollande the chance to come here and to begin to find some common ground with the american president. which doesn't exist for the moment. >> rose: if he, hugh, makes war on the rich, makes war on the financial sector, can he pull it off. and will it work? >> well, i think we have to be careful not to exaggerate how left wing hollande is. in fact, i don't think we're going to see a repeat of what happened in
now hollande is an unknown quantity for the united states. obama actually weighed into the french campaign on the side of sarkozy, as did angela merkel of germany, as did david cameron of britain. now the timing now suggests that the nato summit may 20th, 21st in chicago will be a key moment for these two presidents to try to come together and find some common ground. president obama gave what i thought was a very effective speech from cab you will, afghanistan, last week in which he laid out...
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the united states argues this is classic economic regulation. the mandate is part of a comprehensive scheme to regulate the insurance market and that it's necessary to achieve the reforms it wants and as a fallback congress could enact its mandate as part of its taxing and spending power to collect revenue for the general welfare. the challengers say this is not regulation of economic activity. this is creating economic activity and that's way beyond congress's power. >> so moving today, two arguments. the first one the court says the mandate is unconstitutional, what does that mean for the rest of the health care law? does it stand? then the second argument has to do with expanding medicaid. the court wants to know what the consequences of its action might be and that brings us to the issue of severability. a law of laws congress would put a clause in saying what a court should do if it finds a certain provision on constitutional, whether congress wants you to strike that provisiontor entire law. here again the court is asking what should it do
the united states argues this is classic economic regulation. the mandate is part of a comprehensive scheme to regulate the insurance market and that it's necessary to achieve the reforms it wants and as a fallback congress could enact its mandate as part of its taxing and spending power to collect revenue for the general welfare. the challengers say this is not regulation of economic activity. this is creating economic activity and that's way beyond congress's power. >> so moving today,...
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state. taking the british press to task. the one comes to new laws, not everyone is on board >> we should be wary of any legislation that has the potential to infringe free speech and a free press. >> and mounting faster than -- melting faster than we thought. scientist say that they are rapidly disappearing. now we need to know why. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe and. the united nations has held an historic vote in which palestine has gained the status of an observer state. these are this team -- the saenz right now. it is a sign of global recognition that the palestinians were seeking. israel and the u.s. were opposed. it could delay hopes for achieving an independent palestinian state through peace talks. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said the vote was unfortunate and counterproductive. >> a landmark day in and often turbulent history. jubilant palestinians to i heard there president demand what he said was their basic right
state. taking the british press to task. the one comes to new laws, not everyone is on board >> we should be wary of any legislation that has the potential to infringe free speech and a free press. >> and mounting faster than -- melting faster than we thought. scientist say that they are rapidly disappearing. now we need to know why. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe and. the united nations has held an historic vote in which...
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i think by mid-century we'll essentially have no nuclear plants operating in the united states, and by default, eventually phase out nuclear power, you know, 20 years from now. >> o'brien: back in japan, nearly a year after the accident, the consequences of fukushima can be seen everywhere. it took until december for the workers to stabilize the reactors, finally achieving so-called "cold shut down." as for decommissioning the site itself, that's an immense job. >> there's probably a ten-year plan before they can get into the reactor building. and then it goes on from there. so it'll be 25, 30 years, probably. >> o'brien: tens of thousands of evacuees are still unable to go home until the contamination is cleaned up. >> you can scrape the earth off, but it's still going in the vegetation, it's going to be in the ground, it's going to be everywhere. some of the areas outside the plant in the fukushima prefecture are still have dose equivalents of hundreds of millisieverts per year. i think we're talking about a large zone which is permanently uninhabitable and i don't think the risk ben
i think by mid-century we'll essentially have no nuclear plants operating in the united states, and by default, eventually phase out nuclear power, you know, 20 years from now. >> o'brien: back in japan, nearly a year after the accident, the consequences of fukushima can be seen everywhere. it took until december for the workers to stabilize the reactors, finally achieving so-called "cold shut down." as for decommissioning the site itself, that's an immense job. >> there's...